Artificial fruit.



PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907. s. MILLER. ARTIFICIAL FRUIT. APPLICATION FILEDMAY 15, 1906.

A TTORNE Y5 Uhliilil STA ARTIFICIAL FRUIT.

Specification (if-Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24-, 1907.

. Application tiled May 15. 1906. Serial No. 317.037.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM MILLER, a citizen of the United States; residingat Marshfield, in the county of W'ood and State of Vviscon:

sin, have invented anew and useful Artificial 9 t This artificial fruitmay be made of wood, paper or other material properly colored and Fruit,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a display device and its object is to providean artificial bunch of fruit which may be used by fruit dealers and thelike and which is provided I with means tor rendering it visible. atnight and capable for use an illui'ninat-ed display device.

A still further object is to provide simple means for connecting theartificial fruit to a centre stem and for supportin'gsaid fruit in propu position.

Another object is to provide a device of this character made up of.sections and which can be connected to form bunches in desiredlengthsvWith these and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in tne claims.

in the accompanying drawings is shown the prel'erred iiorni oi" theinvention.

.111 said drawings: Figure l is a vertical sec- 1 tion through a deviceconstructed in accordreference, 1 is a stem preferably made up ol aplurality of sections each of which consists of a metal tube. The tubesare. of difl'erent diameters so that (he end of one can [it within theend oi the adjoining section and the i'noveisient of these sections oneinto the' The complete stem -made up of I plurality of openings 6.1 AWire 7 is threaded through the openings in each collar and also throughcorresponding openings in the upper ends of artificial fruit- 8 whichmay be of any kind although preferably siinulatingbananas.

the collars 5 will of course support. them in tiers. At desiredintervals supporting disks 9 are arranged upon the stern and theperipheries of the disks are recessed as'shown at 10 to form seats forthe adjacent artificialy fruit and hold them spread outward. These disksas well as the collars will he substantially concealed by the artificialfruit. which is arranged so that the fruit of one .tier will overhangthev spaces between the fruit of the next lower tier.

' The lower end of the stem 1 maybe rotatably mounted in a socket 11formed in a base 12 or if preferred said base may be dispensed with andthe bunch suspended by placing the eye 3 in engagement with a suitablesupporting object. Any other desired means may be employed for holdingthe bunch in an upright position. It will be understood that the size ofthe bunch can be increased or diminished as by adding or removing one ormore stein sections and then binding them together byineans of a rod 2such as hereinl elore described. One of the collars 5 on each stemsection rests upon the end of the adjoining stein section so as to limitthe movement of each section into the adjoining section. It will beobvious that a bunch oi artificial fruit constructed in this manner willorder that the bunch can also be utilized as an effective display deviceat night illuminatthe tubes and has an eye I) at its upper end I whileits lower end is screw threaded and engaged by a nut 4. upon the rod thesections of the stem can be ;ressed firmly together so to form a rigiddevice.

thereon and each collar is formed with a The stem has a plurality ofcollars By screwing this hut can be secured to the stern and one ormore.

.of the disks at points where they are concealed. 'lhese lamps may beconnected to Wires H- extending through the stem although if preferredsaid wires may be arranged outside of said stfein. By providing lampssuch as hereiii described the entire bunch may be. illuminated from theinside and the artificial fruit will therefore stand out from the brightbackground thus produe d and become an effectivedisplaydevice.

instead of arranging the lamps in the mancelluloid therein withoutdepart/in;

er shown in Fig. l and the artificial each of these or other translucentmaterial properly colored and hollow as to receive a hull). Thisconstruction has been disclosed in Fig. 3 wherein the artificial fruit15 is shown provided with a bulb 16 therein the same being held spacedfrom the walls of the artificial fruit by a transparent collar 18 or inany other desired manner. constructing the bunch entirely of artificiallruit of t iis character a very produced nated.

-lhe preferred form ol the been set forth in the foregoing descriptionbut l do not limit nrrsell thereto as l am aware that modi'l'uaiions mahe made from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof; and ltherefore reserve the right to make such instead of forming Wood orpaper at night when the same is illumiclmnges as fairly (all Within thescope of the l l invention.

hat is claimed is: 1. A tllsplzt) device cmnprising a stem attractiveell'ect Will he Q l said artificial fruit being disposed in contactingtiers, and illuminating devices upon the disks and concealed by theartificial fruit.

2. A display device comprising a sectional stem, means exten lingthrough the holding the sections rigidly connected, a. collar upon eachsection, artificial fruit disposed around the co lar, securing meansthreaded through the collar and the fruit therearonnd for fixedlycmmec-ting said fruit to the collar, and a disk secured to each sectionand below the collar thereon, said disk larin g recesses in itsperiphery to receive the artilicial fruit.

invention has consisting of tubular section. having engag= ingends,means extendinglongitlnlinally throu 'h the sections for binding themtogether, a supporting disk upon each section and having a notchedperipherv, upon each section and above the supporting disk, artificialfruit connected to each collar an hearing within the notches thereunder;

a collar 9 a. A display device comprising consisting of tulmlar 1 11;:ends, means extending"longitudinallv through the sections for bindingthem together, a supporting disk upon each section and having a notchedperiphery, a collar upon each section a hove the supporting disk,artificial fruit connected to each collar and earing within the notchesthereninler, said artificial fruit being disposed in contacting tiers,.and illuminatingdevices concealed by a stem ln lestnnonv that l claimthe foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixed 1]] the presence of twowitnesses.

SAM M llililChI.

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